Pundarikakshya Saha | |
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Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 23 May 2001 | |
Preceded by | Biswanath Mitra |
Constituency | Nabadwip |
Personal details | |
Born | Nadia,West Bengal,India | 30 December 1955
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Parent | Gurupada Saha (father) |
Education | Bachelor of Commerce (Nabadwip Vidyasagar College) |
Profession | Politician |
Pundarikakshya Saha (born 30 December 1955) is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He is serving as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Nabadwip constituency from 2001. [1] [2] He is a member of All India Trinamool Congress. [3] [4] He is one of the MLAs with lowest assets in India with INR 30,423. [5]
Saha is from Nabadwip,Nadia district,West Bengal. He is the son of late Gurupada Saha. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce in 1975 at Nabadwip Vidyasagar College,which is affiliated with University of Calcutta.
Saha won from Nabadwip Assembly constituency representing All India Trinamool Congress in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He polled 102,170 votes and defeated his nearest rival,Sidhartha Shankar Naskar of the Bharatiya Janata Party,by a margin of 18,571 votes. [6] [7]
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